Practice Wildlife Safety During Outdoor Adventures Practice animal safety while camping or hiking in the wilderness. Read More >
Keep The Earth Wild with These Simple Tips and Tricks Plan ahead to ensure your trace on the earth is minimized while camping or hiking in the backcountry. Read More >
BRMBMaps: Adding Photos and Reviews As you plan an adventure, it’s always great if you can view photos of the actual location and read any reviews, positive or negative, as an aid in helping you make the most of your trip. Because Canada is so large and there are so many possible outdoor activities, BRMBMaps has an option for users to not only upload photos … Read More >
Top 10 Day Hikes Near Metro Seattle Residents of the Seattle area are lucky to have access to some of Washington State’s most scenic hikes just a short drive from home! From mountain peaks to hidden lakes and towering cliffs, check out these top picks for easy-access day-hikes in the Seattle area. Read More >
6 Of The Best Hiking Areas In BC When it comes to hiking areas, residents of and visitors to British Columbia are spoiled for choice. Strewn with picturesque mountain ranges, undisturbed waterways like rivers and lakes, and beautifully surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, it’s not surprising that people in British Columbia tend to list hiking and camping as two of their favourite pastimes. (You can find all kinds … Read More >
A Day Trip Through Scout Valley BY COLIN HUGHES – A beautiful Sunday, one of the first in a long time, had me looking at my Cottage Country Backroad Mapbook for a trail for my daughter and I to explore. We settled on Scout Valley near Orillia. Once through Orillia, we parked at the north trailhead off Old Barrie Road. Dropping into the forest, the canopy … Read More >
Hitting the Trails at the High Lonesome Nature Reserve A great series of hiking trails with a micro-brewery close by for refreshment? It doesn’t get any better than that. And even the threat of rain couldn’t keep us from heading out to explore High Lonesome Nature Reserve, a short distance from the hamlet of Pakenham. Donated to the Mississippi Madawaska Land Trust in 2012, this 81 hectare property was … Read More >
Mountain Biking Meccas of the Kootenay Rockies The Kootenays are a mecca for the mountain bike scene that has been building up the local trails for years to meet world-class standards. Here are our eight favourite places to ride in the Kootenay Rockies. Read More >
Backroad Mapbooks – Your Ultimate Trail Guide to Canada On New Brunswick’s rugged Atlantic Coast, the Fundy Footpath charts a course through some of the last remaining coastal wilderness areas on the east side of the continent. In Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton Highlands National Park, terraced boardwalks lead to viewpoints over the winding coastline, with the Atlantic Ocean disappearing into the horizon beyond. In Ontario, trails lead to the … Read More >
Othello Tunnels and the Hope-Nicola Valley Trail Loop By Colin Hughes As I left the abandoned railway bed and started climbing up through the old growth rainforest, I realized; this trail is actually an even better destination than the tunnels, the original reason I stopped to visit. Most people zipping up and down the Coquihalla Highway completely miss one of the most spectacular roadside attractions along the busy … Read More >
BRMB’s Top 10 Picks: Hiking Trails in Eastern Canada From the lakeside lookouts, lush forests and Canadian Shield rock of Ontario to the panoramic ridges of Quebec and the rugged coast of the Maritimes, Eastern Canada offers an incredibly diverse landscape for hikers to explore. And while the eastern half of the country is full of trails, choosing the right one to hike can be daunting – that’s why … Read More >
BRMB’s Top 10 Picks: Hiking Trails in Western Canada From the secluded ocean-side hikes of BC’s Pacific coast to the heart-pounding, high elevation treks of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, the rolling hills and wide-open sky of the Saskatchewan backcountry and the rugged wilderness of Manitoba’s parklands, Western Canada is an incredible part of the world to explore by trail. And while weighing your many hiking options can be as dizzying … Read More >
Top 8 Family Friendly Hikes in Canada Many families live hectic lives, with working parents and kids involved in more than one activity, and rarely get a chance to even sit down for a meal together let alone spend the day. Luckily many provinces in Canada have set aside a Family Day, one statuatory holiday a year that you are guaranteed time to spend with the whole … Read More >
8 Great Adventures to take Your Date on Valentine’s Day Looking for a way to really wow your date this Valentine’s Day? Nothing says romance better than a day spent with your loved one adventuring through the backcountry, so this Valentine’s Day tell your date to take a hike! Check out our favourite places in Canada for a whimsical winter date. Read More >
